Valuing hospital investments in nursing: multistate matched-cohort study of surgical patients.

Karen B LasaterMatthew McHughPaul R RosenbaumLinda H AikenHerbert SmithJoseph G ReiterBijan A NiknamAlexander S HillLauren L HochmanSiddharth JainJeffrey H Silber

Published in: BMJ quality & safety (2020)

Hospitals with better nursing resources provided better clinical outcomes for surgical patients at a small additional cost. Generally, the sicker the patient, the greater the value at better nursing resourced hospitals.

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healthcare
mental health
quality improvement
emergency department